Man arrested in hit-and-run crash that left pedestrian dead, authorities say

Mason Ryan Stevenson was arrested and charged on Wednesday.

A Webster man was arrested on Wednesday after Pasco County deputies received a tip that he may have been involved in a fatal hit-and-run crash nearly a week ago. 

Around 5:30 p.m., officials say troopers and deputies converged on 15604 Juliets Court in Hudson and located 30-year-old Mason Ryan Stevenson.

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Officials say the crash that happened on May 26 was on Bolton Avenue near Bermondsey Street around 1:30 a.m.

Authorities say a 31-year-old Hudson woman was struck and killed when a white 2000 Dodge Dakota 4-door pickup truck traveling east struck her as she walked in the traveling lane.

After striking the woman, troopers say the driver took off, leaving the woman to die.

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Troopers found the vehicle abandoned near the crash site. 

Stevenson was arrested and delivered to the Pasco County Jail. 

He’s been charged with leaving the scene of a crash involving death and driving while license suspended.